Combined blotter and penwiper



G. B. MULLEN ET AL Y COMBINED BLOTTER AND PENWIPER Filed Aug. 19, 1921 GERGE 3./170@ EN n K JAMES HMI/LEN MHT/M8858 mlm/T035 naar GEORGE B. MULLER' AND JATJIES H. MULLEN, OF VBAYSIDE, 'NEW YORK.

COMBINED BLOTTER AND PENWIPEB.

Application led August '19, 1921. Serial No. 493,596.

To 7l inkom I? may concern.'

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. MULLEN and JAMEs H. MVLLEN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Bayside, in

the county of Queens and State of New York. have invented a new and Improved Combined Blotter and Penwper. of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lThis invention relates to an improvement in stationery requisites and refers more particularly to a combined blotter and 'pen wiper, having for one ot' its principal objects the association of said elenientsfor the purpose of convenience in that the drying of the ink and the wiping of. a` pen are closely allied operation. i

As a further object the invention seeks to provide as a new article of 'manufacture go a combined blotter and pen` wiper in which the pen wiper constitutes a convenient handle for picking up the blotter from a Hat surface such as the topof a desk or the like.

The invention further 'contemplates as an article of manufacture van extremely simple and inexpensive article of stationeryin the nature of a novelty which may be employed as an advertising medium. i

l/Vith the above recited and other objects in view the invention -resides in the novel combination and arrangement of elements set forth in they following specification, lpointed out in the appended claims and il- 35 lustrated in the accompanying drawing, it

being understood that variations and modifications which properly fall within the scope of the claims may be resorted tio when found expedient.

In the drawing- Figure l is a plan View of a combined blotter and pen wiper illustrating the manner in which the pen wiper may be employed as a handle for lifting the blotter. Fig. 2 is a Afragmentary longitudinally sectional view therethrough.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates a blotter constructed from any suitable blotting material and of any desired configuration to which a pen wiper l1 is attached, preferably to one end or side thereof by a fastening means l2 which may be a staple or any other suitable fastening means l'such as stitching or glue. -Preferably the body of the pen wiper will project from one of the side edges of the blotter in order to position the same conveniently 4for the wiping operation of the pen and to a'ord a handle for readily picking up the blotter from a flat surface such as the top of a desk or the like. "By combining two articles of this character in substantially the manner described a convenient stationery requisite is provided, the uses of which are closely allied in that the user upon drying the ink with the blotter will have simultaneouslylocated the pen wiper. A

Having thus described our invention, whatwe claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, the combination with a blotter, of a pen Wiper attached to the blotter and projecting from one edge thereof to constitute respectively a handle for facilitating the picking up of the blotter and an element for wiping the pen.

2. As an article of manufacture, a stationery requisite comprising a blotter and a pen Wiper secured thereto having its main -body portion projecting from one side edge of the blotter to constitute a pen wiping element, and a handle for picking up the blotter. j

GEORGE B. MULLEN. JAMES H. MULLEN. j 

